This is an analysis of the poem The Love Sonnets Of Proteus. Part Iv: Vita Nova: Xcv that begins with:

HE IS NOT A POET
I would not, if I could, be called a poet.... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXabbcXcdcbcdccb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 17,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 101010 11101101010 111100100110 01010101110 1100101101 1111110111 1011011111 1101001101 0101010101 0111111101 1111110111 0101011101 0111110101 0101110001 11010010101 0101010101 1001010011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 690
  • Average number of words per stanza: 148
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines poet is repeated).

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